All Regulars articles – Page 62
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Why varnish matters
Ulrike Dederer reviews and summarises new research on how multilayered varnishes influence the moisture protection and vibrational properties of tonewood
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Haydn C major Cello Concerto
Red Priest’s Angela East discusses her approach to phrasing and sound in the first movement, and the influence of Baroque and early-Classical vibrato, bowing and style
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Artificial harmonics
How to use this less-common technique to improve harmonics, hand frame, intonation and bow control
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: October 1950
Kenneth Warren makes a pilgrimage to Oxford to view Stradivari’s famed ‘Messiah’ violin – an undoubted highlight of the respected US violin dealer’s career
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DebateOpinion: A light touch
Learning to play harmonics early on has many potential benefits for beginner string players, as Naomi Yandell observes
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FeatureSentimental Work: Tasmin Little
The Brahms Violin Concerto has been at the heart of several of the British violinist’s most memorable performances
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2020: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the September 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor September 2020
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis September 2020: Weathering the storm
What is the future for violin making schools in the era of Covid-19? Tutors from around the world explain the form their courses are likely to take during the autumn term. By Harry White.
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ArticleProducts September 2020: Float file
German manufacturer Schilbach describes the float, or dovetail file, as an ‘almost forgotten tool for preparing the dovetail in the frog, for the pearl slide or for preparing the bow side of bass frogs’. Their updated version is made from fine-grained tool steel that has been gas-nitrided ...
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ArticleProducts September 2020: Fragrance
Cremona-based luthier Abraham Díaz Romero has formulated the 704 Cremonensis eau de parfum from a blend of oils including elemi, juniper, sandalwood and bergamot to recreate the olfactory sensation of entering a luthier’s workshop. The fragrance, which according to Díaz Romero ‘is as precious and exciting as ...
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ArticleProducts September 2020: Mach One shoulder rest
A new addition to an established line of shoulder rests designed to offer more players a perfect fit
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1899 cello by Paul Blanchard
Written by Philip Brown and Kathrin Hügel
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making and using a simple collar for self-centring
A useful tool for bow makers, enabling octagonal sections to be accurately centred in a three-jaw lathe chuck
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Thinking outside the soundbox
What effect do elements such as the bass-bar and neck heel have on an instrument’s sound quality? Jan Špidlen made an experimental violin, with a number of adjustable features, to find out
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Rosalind Ventris on Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata op.36
The British violist details the virtues of this underappreciated B flat major Sonata, with all of its structural surprises and ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ twists and turns
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: ‘Speedrunning’
How to use a competitive video gaming approach to plan out your practice, maximise your technical efficiency and play consistently accurately on stage
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: September 1930
The pseudonymous cellist and columnist ‘Ike’ observes how classical music lovers are becoming more plentiful, thanks to the wireless – even if they won’t recognise it themselves
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FocusAlexander Sitkovetsky: Life Lessons
The Russian–British violinist on moving between artistic cultures and the future of collaborative music making
